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Audrey Hepburn is the delightful, young, eponymous Sabrina, the daughter of a chauffeur who is hopelessly in love with David Larrabee (William Holden), the playboy younger son in the rich Long Island household her father works for. In order to help her forget her woes, Sabrina is shipped off to cooking school in Paris. While there, she befriends a baron who provides a bit of culture--and the encouragement to snip off her childlike ponytail. Upon her return to New York, Sabrina is transformed into a sophisticated woman, and David is entranced by her. However, his older brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) has arranged David's marriage to Elizabeth Tyson in order to seal a business merger and thus must steer David away from Sabrina. To do this, Linus takes on the task of wooing her for himself. Full of great dialogue ("A woman happy in love, she burns the soufflé; a woman unhappy in love, she forgets to turn on the oven") and wonderful performances, this film is a romantic masterpiece. Also enjoyable is the 1995 remake, starring Julia Ormond and Harrison Ford. --Jenny Brown
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Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) is the impressionable daughter of the chauffeur to the wealthy Larabee family. Her childhood crush on David Larabee (William Holden), the playboy younger brother, goes unnoticed until she returns a woman from finishing school in Paris. When David's dalliance with Sabrina places a lucrative business deal at risk, hard-headed elder brother Linus (Humphrey Bogart) steps in and decides to woo her himself.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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A Long Island Chauffeurs daughter is desperately in love with the youngest son of the family her father works for. Sent away to Paris for two years (partly to learn how to cook, and partly to cure her infatuation), she returns with a sophisticated new look, and finds that he is now infatuated with her.
As is clear from the above outline, and from the very beginning of the film which starts with the line "Once upon a time there was a little girl...." this film is basically a fairy tale in which Hepburn's Cinderella gets to choose between the two sons of the fabulously wealthy Larrabee family. It features a wonderful cast - William Holden excels as the charming playboy David Larrabee (the original object of Sabrina's affections), and Bogart, somewhat cast against type as a romantic lead, shows a deft touch for comedy as older brother Linus, who attempts to disentangle his brother from Sabrina only to find himself falling for her too.
This is a tale which could easily become mawkish, but is kept from doing so by witty dialogue and wonderful physical comedy (Linus manipulating his brother into sitting down on a champagne glass, and then providing him with a hammock with a strategic hole cut out is my favourite, but there are many such moments). But this is Hepburn's film, and she is magnificent. Her transformation from gawky teenager to sophisticated young woman is entirely convincing, and she never looked lovelier.
Forget Pretty Woman, forget Maid in Manhatten, this film did it first and it did it better. Get a big bar of chocolate, unplug the phone, and sit back and enjoy the most beautiful face ever captured on film.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A heartwarming visual feast of the upstairs/downstairs variety! A wonderful film that keeps you gripped and runs the gamut of human emotions: Sabrina's virtures contrasted with the snobbery of her own Father; Linus's commitment to work set against Brother David's frivolity; all taking place within a setting that allows for love to be ruled by society and parental ambition. Sabrina shines through with the class that Audrey Hepburn alone can bring, and, in the end you might just warm to Humphrey Bogart!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Often looked-over for more classic films by Hepburn such as 'Breakfast at Tiffanys' and 'Roman Holiday', 'Sabrina' is a sweet confection of 1950s Hollywood romantic-comedy.
In only her second role, Audrey Hepburn gives a beguiling performance as Sabrina, the daughter of the chauffer to a wealthy family. She is madly in love with one of the brothers in the family, the playboy David, but he barely knows she's alive. Sabrina is then whisked away to Paris to attend a cooking school (what follows is a few comedy sequences with an over-the-top French chef that admittedly is outdated but is still cute) and comes back as... well as Audrey Hepburn as we know her. Chic, sophisticated and elegant. Suddenly David takes notice, completley forgetting his new fiance, and his older brother (legendary Humphrey Bogart) steps in to save the day. Of course he ends up madly in love with Sabrina too.
Audrey sparkles in this, just like she does in most of her films, and even manages to make the relationship with Bogart seem believable (remarkable with the age difference). She is for the first time dressed in costumes by Givenchy, who would of course go on to style Audrey's look until the end of her life. The dress that she wears to the party is still gorgeous 60 years later!
To sum up, a wonderful little romance comedy that is sadly overlooked but will be treasured by Hepburn fans.
In only her second role, Audrey Hepburn gives a beguiling performance as Sabrina, the daughter of the chauffer to a wealthy family. She is madly in love with one of the brothers in the family, the playboy David, but he barely knows she's alive. Sabrina is then whisked away to Paris to attend a cooking school (what follows is a few comedy sequences with an over-the-top French chef that admittedly is outdated but is still cute) and comes back as... well as Audrey Hepburn as we know her. Chic, sophisticated and elegant. Suddenly David takes notice, completley forgetting his new fiance, and his older brother (legendary Humphrey Bogart) steps in to save the day. Of course he ends up madly in love with Sabrina too.
Audrey sparkles in this, just like she does in most of her films, and even manages to make the relationship with Bogart seem believable (remarkable with the age difference). She is for the first time dressed in costumes by Givenchy, who would of course go on to style Audrey's look until the end of her life. The dress that she wears to the party is still gorgeous 60 years later!
To sum up, a wonderful little romance comedy that is sadly overlooked but will be treasured by Hepburn fans.
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Excellent
Much prefer this original to the re-make they changed quite a bit! Really enjoyable! I would say for people who like happy endings!
Published 17 days ago by Penelope
1.0 out of 5 stars
TERRIBLE!
I hated this movie very much although I thought the storyline was quite intersting. The acting is awful except Sabrina I guess.
Published 2 months ago by Y
4.0 out of 5 stars
Golden Oldie
I'd only seen the remake and wasn't that keen, but this has a lot of charm. However, it was difficult to conceive that young Sabrina would fall for the dour old man played by... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Winterpants
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A Fantasy World
Having seen both variations of this film in the last few years I have to say that Harrison Ford is much better off as a believable older lothario than Humphrey Bogart, who, looks... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. J. A. Bentley
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A good watch
If you are into movies of the 50's this film will suit you. Despite the acknowledgement that there were off-screen tensions between Bogart and Hepburn, I felt they had surprisingly... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lexa
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Film
Great film with a superb cast. With all the drama comes great comic moments with hammocks, champagne glasses, olives and plastics. Just get it, you wont regret it.
Published 7 months ago by R Hackney
3.0 out of 5 stars
Charms of Paris
Lovely performance by AH, unfortunately not Holden and Bogart's finest hour, Audrey was the best thing in the film, she was the only thing (that and the fasionable clothing) that... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sammy Spink-Bottle
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Classic romantic comedy
This is an ultimate romantic comedy but also a proper film with good script, witty dialogue and beautiful cut; a true classic. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Blue
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one of the best
This splendid film is timeless. Each character is in contrast to all the others, and the film rattles along at a fast yet absorbing pace. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ronald J. Button
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Everybody loves a good Cinderella story, especially if it has a dash of realism and a sense of humour. And unbaked souffles. Read more
Published 21 months ago by E. A Solinas
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